Dress-shield.



PATENTBD MAR. 8, v1904:.

C. A. PIBNKOWSKY. n

" DRESS SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1903.

No MonL.

CHARLES A. PIENIIOWSIIY,` OE CH ICA j:c, ILLINOIS ASSIGNOE To THE ANTHONY SHIELDl COMPAAI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,234, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed February 25, 1903. Serial No. 145,108. l(No model.)

To all whom it may oonoerm.

Be it known thatI, CHARLES A. PIENKOWSKY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have 4layer of porous-mesh Ventilating-cloth, alining of fine nainsook, muslin, or the like and an interlining of odorless and impervious tissue-such, for example, as, rubber, guttapercha, or fish-bladder. With this construction the shield not only is of a thoroughly waterproof character, but is also of such nature as to permit a free and'beneficial circulation of the air. The nature and advantages of my invention will, however, hereinafter more fullyappear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure' lis ap'erspective of my improved dress shield. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation showing a part of the outer mesh or gauze broken away for the purpose of exposing a portion of the tissue in- 4 terllnlng and also showing a portion of the said interlining broken away for the purpose of showing the backing or lining proper.

As thus illustrated, the dress-shield comprises, preferably, two crescent-like pieces of porous-mesh Ventilating-cloth sewed orother- `wise united at their concave edges,`so as to provide the shield with the outer layer A of reticulated cloth having coarse openings or meshes. The backing or liningB of the shield can be of any suitable or desired materialsuch, for example, as fine nainsook, muslin, or other like material. This backing or lining proper can also be composed of two crescent-like pieces of cloth sewed together or otherwise united at their concave edges. The intermediate layer or interlining C consists, preferably, of an odorless and impervious or waterproof tissue-such, for example, as rubber, gutta-percha, or fish-bladder. In practice I iind that a thin and more or less transparent or translucent tissue of this character ous-mesh Ventilating fabric, and all three tissue, being suitably bound together at the edges of the shield,l substantially as shown and described.

gives very good results, although it is obvious that ,there are various vegetable cornpounds or substances which may be employed in place of the materials mentioned and wlthout departing from the spirit of my invention. Preferably and as is the case with the lining and the outer layer of porous-mesh cloth the interlining of odorless and impervious tissue can be formed from two crescent-like pieces of tissue united at their concave edges. Preferably and as illustrated the three materials are not connected or united at the upper concave edge portion of the shield. The materials thus combined and arranged for preventing perspiration from reaching the outer `cloth andfor at the same time insuring a free and agreeable circulation of the air between the shield and the body of the wearer may be united and bound up at their edges in any suitable manner-as, for example, by means seen that my improved dress-shield is of a three-ply character, the outer layers consisting of a reticulated or coarse-mesh fabric on one side and a more nely-woven cloth or fabric on the other side and the intermediate ply or layer consisting of a thin, odorless, and absolutely waterproof tissue. the shield very flexible and light and comfortable, as well as thoroughly waterproof, and, as previously explained, has the further ad- Vantage of insuring the free circulation of the air between the shield and the body of the wearer, and by the term tissue I mean a material like pure rubber, gutta-percha, or other like composition as distinguished from a woven cloth or fabric. By odorless I mean a tissue which is either odorless or practically odorless or without an olfensive ordor.

What I claim as my invention is- A dress-shield, comprising outer layers of cloth and an intermediate layer of thin waterproof tissue, one layer of cloth serving as a lining and consisting of closely-woven fabric,

the waterproof tissue serving as aloose interlining between the two layers of cloth, the layer of cloth which goes next to the body being coarsely woven and consisting of a por- Signed by me at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, this 9th day of February, 1903.

CHARLES A. PIENKOWSKY.

Witnesses:

O. W. -I-IULL, A. F. DURAND.

This renders of the edging or binding D. Thus it will be 

